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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m 27.8-143 MHz in three bands
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input) ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/70 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU Mains Mains
Current RX ? 83 W @ 110 VAC ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1969 in USA Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 1942 and 194x in USA
Dimensions 381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
478 × 226 × 260 mm
(18.82 × 8.90 × 10.24 in)
?
Weight 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs) 16.20 kg (35.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features R.I.T.
ALC
Notch and CW filter
6-pole XTAL lattice filter
Noise blanker
VOX
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000111 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000036